- Date
- November 16, 1966
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1836YCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119728
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3856 66/11/16 DENVER COLO CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 36 TOTAL TIME - 1636 N1836Y PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- PLT WAS CLEARED TO LAND FOLLOWING A CONVAIR 580 AND FOLLOWED TOO CLOSELY. WIND 140 DEG 02 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1836Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stapleton
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